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Sunday, August 31, 2014

I
have been quite busy making cards lately. I participate
in some card challenges and am currently doing the Stretch Your Stamps Online Card
Class, so I am building quite a collection of cards. I am also lazy and do not
'complete' the cards as I go - adding sentiment to inside and making envelopes.
So I had to do something with my stockpile of cards. I intend selling them at a
local market stall soon.

I
have noticed some have started to come apart (tape peeling away) with our humid
climate here in Oz, so I had to come up with something of a storage unit for
them so they would be protected. So here is what I came up with! The overall measurements are 11 1/2" long, 5 1/2" wide and 6 3/4" tall. The box stores cards as large as 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

The
box holds anywhere from 60 to 80 cards, depending on how dimensional they are.
I added a lid to the box which doesn't sit down on top of the cards. The strips
at the sides of the box sit an inch from the top and stop the lid from pressing
on the cards inside. Works great!

I
have written instructions HERE for you to make it, I know I couldn't give even
half of my cards away quicker than I make them, so having this storage box to
store them in the interim is the best solution I could come up with.

If
you follow my blog you know that I am an organisational freak, so I had to add
dividers inside to sort the cards into categories.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Oh my here we are at part 2 of the Handy Holders and this is one of my favorites.

I will not keep you any longer and I proudly present holder no 2..... BILLS

Okay okay I know that bills are not a fun part of life but unfortunatly we all do have to pay them. Well I thought I had the perfect system when I was sticking them on a bulletinboard to keep them in sight but....boy was I wrong.

So while I was working on the coins holder this holder started buzzing in my brain. My new system with this holder will be easy...a bill will drop in my mailbox and I will write the date I have to pay it in the corner. The bill will be placed in order for payment with the first up in the front. True it still might not be the perfect system but it sure is the prettiest system :)

And again true that their is no fun in paying them at least they will get paid on time.

You will find the supplylist for this holder and the link to the tutorial at the end of the post.

I hope you will join me again next week for part 3 and for now I will just say...scrap on...have fun and if you have any questions you can buzz me on facebook or trough my blog.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Hello again! I want to share with you the album and chest I made for
my youngest daughter. She just started her Senior year of High School
and she is planning on going away for college. I wanted to make her
something to hold pictures of her friends and mementos. Plus I want her
to take a little piece of me with her. I am planning on adding some
letters from me to her in the pockets and on the postcards. You can find
the tutorial here. There are videos here showing how I made it as well.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

I am so excited to finally reveal my latest project for
Scrapadabadoo Crafts! This project is one very close to my heart as it is a
gift to my daughter, Mandy to hold for her daughter, my only grand daughter
Amelia.

It is made from a Tim Holtz Configurations Book - yes,
but it is not embellished the way most of his configurations books have been.
It is totally girly and beautiful!

It is an heirloom book which holds a number of Amelia's
baby mementos, such as a lock of hair from her first hair cut, her first hair
bow, photos of her hand and foot prints, her birth certificate, a mini album
with photos from each of the first 12 months of her life, and a heartfelt
message from me, her nan, contained in a corked glass vial.

This is such a special project and what mother would not
want to make it for their girl(s)?

The paper collection I used was Simple Stories 'Hello
Baby'. There are so many cards, brads, papers and embellishments in this kit -
enough to make many more projects! You get everything you need to make this
project (except for your basic supplies), including a detailed tutorial. So what are you waiting for? Go check
out what you get for your money here!

I have uploaded a video on Scrapadabadoo's YouTube
channel showing the baby book in all its glory and you can watch it by clicking here. Don't forget to subscribe to Scrapadabadoo's YouTube channel so you don't miss out on any of our videos! Don't forget to check Scrapadabadoo's FaceBook page too, you
never know where this one is going to pop up :)

Don't forget to post photos of your finished baby book to
Scrapadabadoo's FaceBook page so we can all see your beautiful creation!

Thursday, August 21, 2014

I was bouncing of the walls when this project found his way to my brain. This series has a total of 5 parts and at the end you will have 5 fun holders. Each week I will share a new holder and I hope you will have just as much fun making these holders as I had creating them.

Okay the first holder in this series is called COINS...and this is the result...

I don't know if I'm the only one with this problem but it seems that if you wander trough my house you will at least find 4 or 5 little bowls or jars I dump my lose coins in. You know the problem...you are in a hurry and quickly stuff the change you get when you get a coffee or your newspaper into your pocket.

You get home and when you get changed the whole lot drops out of your pocket. Well instead of these ugly little bowls you can hang a few of these around the house matching the colors of your house.

For this holder I have written a short tutorial and together with the supply list you will find it at the end of this post.

For now i say scrap on...have fun and hope to see you next week for part 2.

Ohh almost forgot..if you have any questions you can buzz me on facebook or trough my blog.

Since I live in Florida I have a lot of photos of my grandsons either at the beach or in a boat on the lake and this collection was the perfect choice to document those memories. I took my cue from the collection and wanted to create an album that replicated a life preserver.

I started by cutting my cover using the Quickutz nesting circles dies using the 5.5” circle and the 2.75” circle in the center leaving a 1.25” rim to create a life preserver. If you don’t have the Quickutz dies any circle dies would work. I then covered the covers with white craft tex http://www.scrapadabadoo.com/item_6484/Kraft-Tex-Paper-Fabric-White.htm. I then wrapped (4) 1” strips in red around the white rope and the ring to recreate a life preserver.

I then cut 6 more circles out for my pages alternating between the life preserver and the porthole look.

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Margaret Ann had done a project earlier this year and used this Beaded Hinge binding so I begged her to do a tutorial on this because I thought it was so lovely and feminine. So here is her post for the Beaded Hinge.

I so do love beads, wires and anything like that so of course I need to put it into a mini album. So Pearly Girl was born.